1989 Oregon State Beavers football team

The 1989 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth season under head coach Dave Kragthorpe, the Beavers compiled a 4–7–1 record (3–4–1 against Pac-10 opponents), finished in sixth place in the Pac-10, and were outscored by their opponents, 357 to 207.[1] The team played its home games at Parker Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon.

1989 Oregon State Beavers football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record4–7–1 (3–4–1 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home stadiumParker Stadium
Seasons
← 1988
1990 →
1989 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 USC $ 6 0 1 9 2 1
No. 23 Washington 5 3 0 8 4 0
Oregon 5 3 0 8 4 0
No. 25 Arizona 5 3 0 8 4 0
Arizona State 3 3 1 6 4 1
Oregon State 3 4 1 4 7 1
Washington State 3 5 0 6 5 0
Stanford 3 5 0 3 8 0
UCLA 2 5 1 3 7 1
California 2 6 0 4 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 9StanfordW 20–1630,223
September 16at No. 23 Washington StateL 3–4126,883
September 23at Boise State*W 37–3022,315[2]
September 30at No. 3 Nebraska*L 7–3576,290
October 7at Fresno State*L 18–3535,164
October 14Arizona State
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
T 17–1723,833
October 21UCLA
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
W 18–1721,510
October 28at CaliforniaW 25–1429,000
November 4at No. 9 USCL 6–4865,430
November 11Washington
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
L 14–5132,147[3]
November 18at OregonL 21–3046,087
November 25at No. 24 Hawaii*L 21–2345,763
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel edit

1989 Oregon State Beavers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR Lloyd Bailey
OL Mike Bailey
WR Scott Benton
OL Dan Blus
QB Matt Booher
TE George Breland
RB Pat Chaffey
OL Brad D'Ancona
OL Johnny Feinga
WR Al Griswold
WR Reggie Hubbard
OL Matt Irvin
OL Rob Jack
RB James Jones
WR Jason Kent
OL Derek Nelons
RB Reggie Pitchford
TE Phil Ross
QB Nick Schichtle
OL Pete Steffen
RB Jerrell Waddell
RB Dowell Williams
WR Maurice Wilson
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB Brian Beck
LB Martin Billings
DB Kevin Dorner
LB Paul Hill
DB Brent Huff
DB Billy Hughley
LB Doug Lewis
DL Mike Maggiore
DL Pellom McDaniels
LB Todd McKinley
DB Torey Overstreet
LB Todd Sahlfield
LB Bruce Sanders
LB Scott Sanders
DB Scott Thompson
DL Esera Tuaolo
DB Larry Vladic
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P Mark Bennett
K Tony Bussanich
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Game summaries edit

At Oregon edit

Oregon State Beavers (4–5–1) at Oregon Ducks (6–4)
Period 1 2 34Total
Oregon St 0 0 81321
Oregon 10 6 01430

at Autzen Stadium, Eugene, Oregon

  • Date: November 18
  • Game attendance: 46,067
  • [4]
Game information

Largest crowd to attend football game in state history

References edit

  1. ^ "1989 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  2. ^ Cawood, Neil (September 24, 1989). "Beavers win...barely". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1E.
  3. ^ Cawood, Neil (November 12, 1989). "Huskies grease Beavers' skid, 51-14". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1E.
  4. ^ "It's finally a battle as Ducks win War". Google News Archive. Eugene Register-Guard. November 18, 1989. Retrieved November 5, 2022.